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</span>A UN report on the health of the oceans finds that acidification is proceeding faster than previously thought, and that the types of changes in progress tend to amplify one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-warn-hot-sour-breathless-oceans-20882695"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-warn-hot-sour-breathless-oceans-20882695</font></a><u><font size="3"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Calibri"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">More on acidification, said perhaps to be the most rapid in 300 million years:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24904143"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24904143#</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Shelley Edson thought that others might be interested in a free UC-San Diego MOOC which begins in January: Climate Change in Four Dimensions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The dimensions are the natural sciences, technology, social science, and the humanities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="https://www.coursera.org/ucsd"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">https://www.coursera.org/ucsd</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Pine Island Glacier in the Antarctic has calved an iceberg as big as Singapore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/massive-antarctic-iceberg-sets-sail"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/massive-antarctic-iceberg-sets-sail</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Circumpolar winds in the Antarctic are expected to increase during this century, moderating local sea level rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>That could moderate disintegration of ice sheets in the Western Antarctic, though it is unclear if the increasing warmth of the oceans will offset the stabilizing effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It may even be that lower waters locally might contribute to the speed of ice flow into the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/changing-winds-dampen-antarctic-sea-level-rise-1.14189"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.nature.com/news/changing-winds-dampen-antarctic-sea-level-rise-1.14189</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Homes in Austin, Texas, with west-facing solar panels produced 49% more electricity in the afternoon during peak demand than did homes with south-facing panels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The westward panels also produced slightly more overall energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/are-solar-panels-facing-the-wrong-direction?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/are-solar-panels-facing-the-wrong-direction?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>About 60,000 people demonstrated in Australia against a government threat to repeal the tax on carbon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/17/climate-rallies-draw-thousands"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/17/climate-rallies-draw-thousands</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>More than 130 protests were held Saturday in Canada on climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They focused on plans to pipe oil from Canadian tar sands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/17/climate-rallies-draw-thousands"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/17/climate-rallies-draw-thousands</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse just delivered his 50th weekly address to the Senate on climate issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>He also attends the weekly briefings for senators attempting to keep up with developments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>“The political will is there, we just haven’t marshalled it yet.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13/sheldon-whitehouse-climate-change_n_4269090.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13/sheldon-whitehouse-climate-change_n_4269090.html</font></a><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>More on the Senator’s speeches:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-13/one-senator-s-war-against-climate-change.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-13/one-senator-s-war-against-climate-change.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In the last eight years, banks have put $159 billion into coal mining, many of them claiming at the same time to be in support of efforts to moderate climate change, according to a report delivered at the UN Warsaw climate conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/16/20-banks-under-fire-un-climate-change-report.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/16/20-banks-under-fire-un-climate-change-report.html</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A new mapping project with higher regional resolution traces the loss of forest cover in the last 12 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-map-global-forest-loss-tropics-20131115,0,5914139.story#axzz2ksAZnThm"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-map-global-forest-loss-tropics-20131115,0,5914139.story#axzz2ksAZnThm</font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span>I gave an interview on climate to On Point, running on Channel 25, a local ABC affiliate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It will repeat midnight tonight (Sunday) and be carried on On Point’s web page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/politics/onpoint/default.aspx"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/politics/onpoint/default.aspx</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><font size="3" face="Calibri">
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